Insects of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

beet leaf beetle ¹
Erynephala puncticollis

Dogbane Leaf Beetle ²
Chrysochus auratus

Mottled Tortoise Beetle ³
Deloyala guttata

Spotted Pink Ladybeetle ⁴
Coleomegilla maculata

Convergent Lady Beetle ⁵
Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle ⁶
Coccinella septempunctata

Eleodes obscura ⁷

Eleodes longicollis ⁶

Eusattus reticulatus ⁸

Stenomorpha opaca ⁹

Enoclerus coccineus ¹⁰

Poplar-and-Willow Borer ¹¹
Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Batyle suturalis ¹²

Crossidius coralinus ¹³

Tylosis maculatus ¹⁴

Tetraopes discoideus ⁴

Banded Net-winged Beetle ⁶
Calopteron reticulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle ¹⁵
Chauliognathus basalis

Kern's Flower Scarab
Euphoria kernii

Greater Anglewing ¹⁶
Microcentrum rhombifolium

Elegant Bush Katydid ¹⁷
Insara elegans

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper ¹⁸
Arphia conspersa

Red-winged Grasshopper ¹⁹
Arphia pseudonietana

Green-striped Grasshopper ²⁰
Chortophaga viridifasciata

Three-banded Grasshopper ²¹
Hadrotettix trifasciatus

Red-shanked Grasshopper ²²
Xanthippus corallipes

Carolina Grasshopper ²³
Dissosteira carolina

Ebony Grasshopper ²⁴
Boopedon nubilum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper ²⁵
Eritettix simplex

Two-striped Mermiria ²⁶
Mermiria bivittata

Showy Grasshopper ²⁷
Hesperotettix speciosus

Thistle Grasshopper ²⁸
Aeoloplides turnbulli

Spotted Bird Grasshopper ²⁶
Schistocerca lineata

Plains Lubber Grasshopper ²⁸
Brachystola magna

Plains Cicada ²⁹
Megatibicen dealbatus

Poblicia fuliginosa ⁶

Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid ³⁰
Pachypsylla celtidismamma

Oleander Aphid ³¹
Aphis nerii

Big-eyed Toad Bug ³²
Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug ³³
Arilus cristatus

Apiomerus spissipes ³⁴

Common Water Strider ³⁵
Aquarius remigis

Large Milkweed Bug ⁶
Oncopeltus fasciatus

Melanopleurus tener ³⁶

Red-shouldered Bug ³⁷
Jadera haematoloma

Widow Skimmer ³⁸
Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant ³⁹
Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk ⁴⁰
Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk ⁴¹
Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider ⁴²
Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider ⁴¹
Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags ⁴¹
Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk ²⁶
Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk ⁴³
Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing ⁴⁴
Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail ²⁶
Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail ⁴¹
Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner ⁴⁵
Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot ²⁶
Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer ⁴⁶
Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer ⁴⁷
Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet ⁴⁸
Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail ⁴¹
Ischnura damula

Large-tailed Aphideater ¹⁷
Eupeodes volucris

Swift Feather-legged Fly ⁴⁹
Trichopoda pennipes

Hedriodiscus binotatus ⁵⁰

European Mantis ⁵¹
Mantis religiosa

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Insects of Lake Pueblo State Park

beet leaf beetle 1 Erynephala puncticollis

Dogbane Leaf Beetle 2 Chrysochus auratus

Mottled Tortoise Beetle 3 Deloyala guttata

Spotted Pink Ladybeetle 4 Coleomegilla maculata

Convergent Lady Beetle 5 Hippodamia convergens

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 6 Coccinella septempunctata

Poplar-and-Willow Borer 11 Cryptorhynchus lapathi

Banded Net-winged Beetle 6 Calopteron reticulatum

Colorado Soldier Beetle 15 Chauliognathus basalis

Kern's Flower Scarab Euphoria kernii

Greater Anglewing 16 Microcentrum rhombifolium

Elegant Bush Katydid 17 Insara elegans

Speckle-winged Rangeland Grasshopper 18 Arphia conspersa

Red-winged Grasshopper 19 Arphia pseudonietana

Green-striped Grasshopper 20 Chortophaga viridifasciata

Three-banded Grasshopper 21 Hadrotettix trifasciatus

Red-shanked Grasshopper 22 Xanthippus corallipes

Carolina Grasshopper 23 Dissosteira carolina

Ebony Grasshopper 24 Boopedon nubilum

Velvet-striped Grasshopper 25 Eritettix simplex

Two-striped Mermiria 26 Mermiria bivittata

Showy Grasshopper 27 Hesperotettix speciosus

Thistle Grasshopper 28 Aeoloplides turnbulli

Spotted Bird Grasshopper 26 Schistocerca lineata

Plains Lubber Grasshopper 28 Brachystola magna

Plains Cicada 29 Megatibicen dealbatus

Hackberry Nipplegall Psyllid 30 Pachypsylla celtidismamma

Oleander Aphid 31 Aphis nerii

Big-eyed Toad Bug 32 Gelastocoris oculatus

Wheel Bug 33 Arilus cristatus

Common Water Strider 35 Aquarius remigis

Large Milkweed Bug 6 Oncopeltus fasciatus

Red-shouldered Bug 37 Jadera haematoloma

Widow Skimmer 38 Libellula luctuosa

Halloween Pennant 39 Celithemis eponina

Variegated Meadowhawk 40 Sympetrum corruptum

Striped Meadowhawk 41 Sympetrum pallipes

Wandering Glider 42 Pantala flavescens

Spot-winged Glider 41 Pantala hymenaea

Black Saddlebags 41 Tramea lacerata

Western Pondhawk 26 Erythemis collocata

Eastern Pondhawk 43 Erythemis simplicicollis

Checkered Setwing 44 Dythemis fugax

Dot-winged Baskettail 26 Epitheca petechialis

Pale Snaketail 41 Ophiogomphus severus

Blue-eyed Darner 45 Rhionaeschna multicolor

American Rubyspot 26 Hetaerina americana

Variable Dancer 46 Argia fumipennis

Powdered Dancer 47 Argia moesta

Familiar Bluet 48 Enallagma civile

Plains Forktail 41 Ischnura damula

Large-tailed Aphideater 17 Eupeodes volucris

Swift Feather-legged Fly 49 Trichopoda pennipes

European Mantis 51 Mantis religiosa